The insurance sector is struggling to manage escalating risk for society as the cost of climate change begins to bear down in the form of more frequent and severe weather events. Total economic losses from natural disasters such as floods and storms have increased fivefold since the 1...

What do pork and rough-cut diamonds have in common? Both are the subject of innovative supply chain traceability experiments using an emerging software system called "the blockchain." Another common denominator behind both projects: A cloud service created by IBM is responsible for ge...

Ideology vs. competence. Every new administration is fired up by its victorious campaigners eager to implement their vision of the good and just society, and many of them will be selected for important positions. Such intensely motivated people, however, frequently do not possess the ...

What do pork and rough-cut diamonds have in common? Both are the subject of innovative supply chain traceability experiments using an emerging software system called "the blockchain." Another common denominator behind both projects: A cloud service created by IBM is responsible for ge...

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